These 11 new dishes are in Dodger Stadium’s starting food lineup this season

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The new Dodgers Cheeto-Lote. Members of media got a chance to see and taste new Dodger food during the Dodgers first look event at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

While many fans are still aching over the heartbreaking loss to the Houston Astros last year in the World Series, there’s no reason to ache from hunger at Dodger Stadium as the season kicks off Thursday, March 29, with a bunch of new dishes.

Using the flavors of the city as inspiration, Ryan Evans, the stadium’s executive chef, has created several new dishes this season that reflect his own take on L.A.’s food culture.

“Really the thought process behind these items is representing L.A. We’re at Dodger Stadium in the heart of the city with great flavors all over and we just wanted to incorporate that and bring it to the fans,” Evans said during a media preview of the new dishes.

Some fans will be familiar with the new food roster since a few of these items made special appearances last season and were such a hit they made it to the permanent lineup.

Evans plans to debut new food items throughout the season as well as have appearances by guest chefs such as Johnny Ray Zone from the hot chicken joint Howlin’ Ray’s in Chinatown.

You will need to have tickets in the areas where the food is being sold, so not everyone will have a chance to taste all the new stuff. As always, the Dodger Dogs are back, and you can get those all over the stadium.

Here’s a look at the new dishes in the Dodgers’ starting lineup this season:

The new Dodgers Spicy Chicken Sandwich. Members of media got a chance to see and taste new Dodger food during the Dodgers first look event at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

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The new Dodgers Orange Chicken. Members of media got a chance to see and taste new Dodger food during the Dodgers first look event at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Members of media got a chance to see and taste new Dodger food during the Dodgers first look event at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

The new Dodgers Chicken N’ Waffle Sammy. Members of media got a chance to see and taste new Dodger food during the Dodgers first look event at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018. The (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

The new Dodgers Carne Asada Torta. Members of media got a chance to see and taste new Dodger food during the Dodgers first look event at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

The new Dodgers Churro Cake with Horchata Ice Cream. Members of media got a chance to see and taste new Dodger food during the Dodgers first look event at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Members of media got a chance to see and taste new Dodger food during the Dodgers first look event at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018. The Dodgers also had the years new promotional items on display. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

The new Dodgers Cheeto-Lote. Members of media got a chance to see and taste new Dodger food during the Dodgers first look event at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

This is one of Evans’ favorite new offerings since it’s something he’s been wanting at the stadium for a while. The tortas will be served at new food stand LA On Deck Circle, where the chef will also debut specials throughout the year.

The new tortas are made with bread from La Princesa Bakery in Cudahy that’s delivered on game day. Options include carne asada, chicken and nopales (cactus) tortas with refried beans, jalapeños, cilantro, crema, avocado and pickled onions.

Evans said they wanted to do an orange chicken dish because of the stadium’s proximity to Chinatown.

“We try to keep it authentic where we’re actual tossing the chicken in a house-made orange sauce that has orange peel put into it. We really wanted to recreate something you would get in Chinatown with a great hearty chicken bite in there,” he said

The orange chicken is served over steamed rice and served in a bowl that’s shaped like a baseball.

There was a pretzel croissant on the menu last year, but Evans said he wasn’t really happy with it so he reached out to Le Chef Bakery near Pico Rivera to come up with some changes. The result is a croissant that tastes like a fluffy pretzel and is served with roasted chicken, sun-dried tomato, herb aioli, lettuce and Swiss cheese.